The Difference Between Listening & Hearing

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April 8, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace The first duty of love is to listen. - Paul Tillich - The Difference Between Listening & Hearing "There is a difference, strong but not always noted, between listening and hearing. You hear the pneumatic drill, though you would rather not listen. You listen for your children's voices in the playground, but you can't always hear them. In urban environments, there's usually a surplus of sound -- so much, in fact, that it often becomes difficult to hear anything at all. But if we become too good at filtering things, have we also damaged our capacity to listen?" What follows is a beautiful essay on listening, by a writer who spent 12 years with an acute hearing impairment. { read more } Be The Change Take a few minutes today to stop whatever it is you are doing and just -- listen. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Man & Dog: A Picture that Moved the World 10 Worst Listening Habits -- and Their Cure 10 Keys to Happier Living 7 Ways to Have More by Owning Less Man Builds Fairy Tale Home -- For $4700 11 Amazing Thank You Notes The 'Before I Die' Project 5 Classic Commencement Speeches DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 126,799 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More